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      GoldServe
      last edited by

      I don't know if it matters but it seems like my /usr/local/etc/php.ini has this line set

      date.timezone="Etc/UTC"

      when clearly /etc/rc.php_ini_setup contains the following code:

      unset TIMEZONE
# Fetch the timezone from /var/db/zoneinfo if present
if [ -f /var/db/zoneinfo ]; then
	TIMEZONE=$(cat /var/db/zoneinfo)
fi

if [ -z "${TIMEZONE}" ]; then
	# Second option is from config.xml
	TIMEZONE=$(/usr/local/sbin/read_xml_tag.sh string system/timezone)
fi

if [ -z "${TIMEZONE}" ]; then
	# Last option, use default value from $g or Etc/UTC
	TIMEZONE=$(/usr/local/sbin/read_global_var default_timezone "Etc/UTC")
fi

      Anyone spot anything wrong? I verified the timezone is correct by running the script /usr/local/sbin/read_xml_tag.sh string system/timezone

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        Abhishek
        last edited by

        Hi,

        same situation in my environment. I changes from HTTPS WebUI to HTTP because WPAD is hosted on pfsense itself. But i defined all private IPs to go DIRECT and not using the proxy in the WPAD files. But unfortunately it does not work.

        Further I disabled auto proxy configuration and hardcoded the proxy in my browser but DNSBL still does only work with HTTP (pfsense WebUI page) but not with HTTPS. Further it does not log anything :-(

        PS:
        Anybody here who could suggest a good DNSBL which focuses on command and control server and such stuff?

        can u post ur wpad file content ,  ( Look my wpad file , for me after instructing wpad to give Direct connection to 10.x.x..x now its working okay

        @Nachtfalke:

        @killmasta93:

        FOR PEOPLE WITH GIF ISSUES READ THIS

        If your running WPAD and have on your navigator to auto detect proxy you WILL get the webGUI of pfSense instead of the GIF but disable the auto detect proxy on the navigator you then will see the GIF…It seems that WPAD overrides everything even when it comes to OpenVPN also...

        Thanks for that information. I am using WPAD with squid3 proxy. But I only get the WebUI with http websites. Is it working for you with httpS websites, too?
        Can you describe if you configued something sepcidal to get pfblocker-NG + squid (http + https) working?

        For me it looks like it is not working fpr https and it ios not working for http and https to see the bad websites in the "Alerts" tab of pfblopcker-ng.

        Regards

        @Nachtfalke:

        @killmasta93:

        Well I have pfBlockerNG working just for IP I had to disable DNSBL because WPAD was overriding everything. Because WPAD files are hosted on pfSense I had to revert to HTTP on the webGUI of pfSense. But by disabling auto detect proxy then works DNSBL but then WPAD wont work BUT transparent proxy will. I guess having WPAD and DNSBL wont work at the same time. UNLESS somehow on the wpad.dat a way to direct or ignore the 10.10.10.1 something that i wish it can do with OpenVPN. You get the HTTPS sites i guess because WPAD overlaps that but the http that would be the transparent proxy which DNSBL does not have an issue. Also depends if your webGUI is HTTPS or HTTP

        I also had issue with squid with wpad initially and  with BBcan177 help i resolved the issue with my setup

        i updated my wpad.pac file to make direct connected to 10.10.10.1

        
 function FindProxyForURL(url,host)
 {

    if (isInNet( host, "192.168.0.0", "255.255.255.0" )) 
        { return "DIRECT"; }
	 if (isInNet( host, "10.10.10.1", "255.255.255.0" )) 
        { return "DIRECT"; }	
	return "PROXY 192.168.0.1:3128";
 }

        now i am able to use proxy with wpad and also get 1x1 gif while blocking

        2.3-RC (amd64)
        built on Mon Apr 04 17:09:32 CDT 2016
        FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
        Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

        darkstat 3.1.2_1
        Lightsquid 3.0.3_1
        mailreport 3.0_1
        pfBlockerNG 2.0.9_1  
        RRD_Summary 1.3.1_2
        snort 3.2.9.1_9  
        squid 0.4.16_1  
        squidGuard 1.14_1
        syslog-ng 1.1.2_2

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          bluepr0
          last edited by

          Hello! I just noticed today that pfBlocker is not "working" anymore. It's actually enabled and it was working fine blocking ads, now it seems nothing changed (I'm sure I haven't changed any settings) but I'm not getting ads blocked

          Here you can see it's enabled

          Any ideas on what's going on? There's no errors in the logs either :(

          It seems the latest blocked URLS were from April 19

          DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:10,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:10,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:11,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:15:44,ui.skype.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:16:44,ui.skype.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:17:44,ui.skype.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:18:44,ui.skype.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:19:44,ui.skype.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:44,ui.skype.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:51,ssl.google-analytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:51,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:51,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:51,analytics.query.yahoo.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:51,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:51,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:52,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:52,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:52,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:52,e.crashlytics.com
DNSBL Reject HTTPS,Apr 19 18:20:52,e.crashlytics.com
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          • BBcan177B
            BBcan177 Moderator
            last edited by

            @bluepr0:

            Hello! I just noticed today that pfBlocker is not "working" anymore. It's actually enabled and it was working fine blocking ads, now it seems nothing changed (I'm sure I haven't changed any settings) but I'm not getting ads blocked

            Ensure that the LAN devices have only pfSense set as their DNS server. Can you ping the DNSBL VIP address? Can you browse to the DNSBL VIP address?

            "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
            Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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            • BBcan177B
              BBcan177 Moderator
              last edited by

              @Merchant:

              I also had issue with squid with wpad initially and  with BBcan177 help i resolved the issue with my setup

              i updated my wpad.pac file to make direct connected to 10.10.10.1

              
 function FindProxyForURL(url,host)
 {
    if (isInNet( host, "192.168.0.0", "255.255.255.0" )) 
        { return "DIRECT"; }
    if (isInNet( host, "10.10.10.1", "255.255.255.0" )) 
        { return "DIRECT"; }	
    return "PROXY 192.168.0.1:3128";
 }

              now i am able to use proxy with wpad and also get 1x1 gif while blocking

              Thanks Merchant, I hope the other users that had the same issue can get this resolved also…  8)

              "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

              Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
              Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
              Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                bluepr0
                last edited by

                @BBcan177:

                @bluepr0:

                Hello! I just noticed today that pfBlocker is not "working" anymore. It's actually enabled and it was working fine blocking ads, now it seems nothing changed (I'm sure I haven't changed any settings) but I'm not getting ads blocked

                Ensure that the LAN devices have only pfSense set as their DNS server. Can you ping the DNSBL VIP address? Can you browse to the DNSBL VIP address?

                Hello BBcan177,

                I can ping the IP without problems, and all my devices are using my pfsense IP as DNS (as before) so it shouldn't be a problem there. However, if by "browse the DNSBL IP" you mean that I should get a reply when trying to open it from a browser then no, I get an error

                But as I said, I get ping

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                • BBcan177B
                  BBcan177 Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @bluepr0:

                  I can ping the IP without problems, and all my devices are using my pfsense IP as DNS (as before) so it shouldn't be a problem there. However, if by "browse the DNSBL IP" you mean that I should get a reply when trying to open it from a browser then no, I get an error

                  Do you have a multi-segmented LAN? ie -vlans etc… If so, there is an option in the DNSBL Tab, to create a Floating Permit rule. Select all the Lan segments that need access to the VIP...

                  When you browse to the VIP, it should return the 1x1... Have you tried a different browser? or other LAN device?

                  "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                  Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                  Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                  Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                    bluepr0
                    last edited by

                    @BBcan177:

                    @bluepr0:

                    I can ping the IP without problems, and all my devices are using my pfsense IP as DNS (as before) so it shouldn't be a problem there. However, if by "browse the DNSBL IP" you mean that I should get a reply when trying to open it from a browser then no, I get an error

                    Do you have a multi-segmented LAN? ie -vlans etc… If so, there is an option in the DNSBL Tab, to create a Floating Permit rule. Select all the Lan segments that need access to the VIP...

                    When you browse to the VIP, it should return the 1x1... Have you tried a different browser? or other LAN device?

                    Nop, I don't have VLANs.

                    Tried with Chrome but I'm getting same result

                    But I can still ping the IP. It seems a bit weird that I'm getting 265ms though, it's just a small LAN with a 8 port switch

                    Thanks again!

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                    • BBcan177B
                      BBcan177 Moderator
                      last edited by

                      Are you using Squid (See posts above)?

                      If you can't browse to the DNSBL VIP, then it will always be slow, and you will not get any Alert logging…

                      "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                      Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                      Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                      Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                      • BBcan177B
                        BBcan177 Moderator
                        last edited by

                        There is a new version of pfBlockerNG v2.0.11 for pfSense 2.3, which was merged today. Pull Request #114 here.

                        Changelog:

                        • Fix issues with de-installation (Not sure why anyone would de-install anyways :) )

                        • Fix an issue with 'States Removal', so that it only acts on 'Block|Reject' rules.

                        "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                        Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                        Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                        Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                          bluepr0
                          last edited by

                          @BBcan177:

                          Are you using Squid (See posts above)?

                          If you can't browse to the DNSBL VIP, then it will always be slow, and you will not get any Alert logging…

                          Yep, I'm using Squid. I will try to setup this wpad thing, is this guide still valid? https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/WPAD_Autoconfigure_for_Squid

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                          • BBcan177B
                            BBcan177 Moderator
                            last edited by

                            @bluepr0:

                            @BBcan177:

                            Are you using Squid (See posts above)?

                            If you can't browse to the DNSBL VIP, then it will always be slow, and you will not get any Alert logging…

                            Yep, I'm using Squid. I will try to setup this wpad thing, is this guide still valid? https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/WPAD_Autoconfigure_for_Squid

                            I don't use Squid… Try changing wpad as suggested above by user "Merchant"

                            "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                            Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                              bluepr0
                              last edited by

                              @BBcan177:

                              @bluepr0:

                              @BBcan177:

                              Are you using Squid (See posts above)?

                              If you can't browse to the DNSBL VIP, then it will always be slow, and you will not get any Alert logging…

                              Yep, I'm using Squid. I will try to setup this wpad thing, is this guide still valid? https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/WPAD_Autoconfigure_for_Squid

                              I don't use Squid… Try changing wpad as suggested above by user "Merchant"

                              Umm but I'm a bit lost about changing WPAD, I couldn't find anything related to pfsense and WPAD other than the guide I pasted above (https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/WPAD_Autoconfigure_for_Squid) or is there an option in pfBlocker for WPAD?

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                                Abhishek
                                last edited by

                                @bluepr0:

                                @BBcan177:

                                @bluepr0:

                                I can ping the IP without problems, and all my devices are using my pfsense IP as DNS (as before) so it shouldn't be a problem there. However, if by "browse the DNSBL IP" you mean that I should get a reply when trying to open it from a browser then no, I get an error

                                Do you have a multi-segmented LAN? ie -vlans etc… If so, there is an option in the DNSBL Tab, to create a Floating Permit rule. Select all the Lan segments that need access to the VIP...

                                When you browse to the VIP, it should return the 1x1... Have you tried a different browser? or other LAN device?

                                Nop, I don't have VLANs.

                                Tried with Chrome but I'm getting same result

                                But I can still ping the IP. It seems a bit weird that I'm getting 265ms though, it's just a small LAN with a 8 port switch

                                Thanks again!

                                pic shows you opened as http

                                can u try opening https://10.10.10.1 ?

                                2.3-RC (amd64)
                                built on Mon Apr 04 17:09:32 CDT 2016
                                FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
                                Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

                                darkstat 3.1.2_1
                                Lightsquid 3.0.3_1
                                mailreport 3.0_1
                                pfBlockerNG 2.0.9_1  
                                RRD_Summary 1.3.1_2
                                snort 3.2.9.1_9  
                                squid 0.4.16_1  
                                squidGuard 1.14_1
                                syslog-ng 1.1.2_2

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                                  bluepr0
                                  last edited by

                                  @Merchant:

                                  @bluepr0:

                                  @BBcan177:

                                  @bluepr0:

                                  I can ping the IP without problems, and all my devices are using my pfsense IP as DNS (as before) so it shouldn't be a problem there. However, if by "browse the DNSBL IP" you mean that I should get a reply when trying to open it from a browser then no, I get an error

                                  Do you have a multi-segmented LAN? ie -vlans etc… If so, there is an option in the DNSBL Tab, to create a Floating Permit rule. Select all the Lan segments that need access to the VIP...

                                  When you browse to the VIP, it should return the 1x1... Have you tried a different browser? or other LAN device?

                                  Nop, I don't have VLANs.

                                  Tried with Chrome but I'm getting same result

                                  But I can still ping the IP. It seems a bit weird that I'm getting 265ms though, it's just a small LAN with a 8 port switch

                                  Thanks again!

                                  pic shows you opened as http

                                  can u try opening https://10.10.10.1 ?

                                  same result, sadly!

                                  There's one thing I don't get, though! This was working flawlessly, Squid + pfBlocker (even on 2.3) as I upgraded a week ago… why it stopped working now without touching anything? o.O

                                  Edit to add screenshot

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                                    Abhishek
                                    last edited by

                                    can u click details ?  see if there is option to add exception

                                    
https://www.websense.com/content/support/library/web/v76/pac_file_best_practices/PAC_best_pract.aspx

                                    2.3-RC (amd64)
                                    built on Mon Apr 04 17:09:32 CDT 2016
                                    FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE
                                    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz

                                    darkstat 3.1.2_1
                                    Lightsquid 3.0.3_1
                                    mailreport 3.0_1
                                    pfBlockerNG 2.0.9_1  
                                    RRD_Summary 1.3.1_2
                                    snort 3.2.9.1_9  
                                    squid 0.4.16_1  
                                    squidGuard 1.14_1
                                    syslog-ng 1.1.2_2

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                                      bluepr0
                                      last edited by

                                      @Merchant:

                                      can u click details ?  see if there is option to add exception

                                      nop :(

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                                        pdrass
                                        last edited by

                                        It seems like this is one massive question board for the one plugin so I'm going to ask:

                                        I have 2.2.6-RELEASE (amd64)  > in the "alerts" area of pfblockerng I don't see anything logged in the dnsbl area
                                        I have 2.2.5-RELEASE (amd64)  > in the "alerts" area of pfblockerng I see everything including https notifications of limited info but ads are still blocked

                                        …so, is there a bug in the 2.2.6 release with respect to logging somehow?

                                        They're 2 separate FW's but I went through the settings and they match perfectly.  I also made sure the Windows server was in fact querying for DNS to the firewall and not anything else by blocking the server's IP > it then couldn't resolve external DNS hosts like google.com, yahoo.com but I could ping IP's (so not using DNS).  Once I unblocked it form the firewall, DNS worked again so I KNOW it's "working" like:

                                        hosts > query >> server >>> query firewall >>>> query public DNS + root servers

                                        • I also turned on unbound logging up to 5 or whatever the highest debug level and nothing jumped out at me...it's all "working" except for the alerts tab not showing what's blocked.  I also compared a known ad site (an online newspaper) from the 2 different sites and both pages are exactly the same in IE so I think what's happening is that it's dnsbl'ing the ads just not showing them in the alerts tab.

                                        Let me know if you find anything.

                                        Thanks!

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                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          There is a redmine issue for pfBlockerNG, and I'm hoping someone listening in this thread will PM me if they are experiencing this issue. I haven't been able to replicate this issue, so am reaching out to get some more specific details…

                                          implode(): Invalid arguments passed in /usr/local/pkg/pfblockerng/pfblockerng.inc on line 4638

                                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6229

                                          Thanks!

                                          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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                                          • BBcan177B
                                            BBcan177 Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            @pdrass:

                                            …so, is there a bug in the 2.2.6 release with respect to logging somehow?

                                            Do you have squid at this location? Is it a multi-segmented Lan? Can you ping and browse to the DNSBL VIP address? I posted above for a similar issue…

                                            "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                                            Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                            Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                            Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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